Nigeria maintains Ebola alert despite clearance of 62 virus contacts – NCDC

Nigeria has maintained its highest level of Ebola preparedness despite confirming that all 62 people linked to an imported Bundibugyo Virus Disease case have completed 21 days of monitoring without secondary transmission.The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, Dr Jide Idris, disclosed this on Friday during a news conference in Abuja.